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EP-4735494-A1 - TWO-COMPONENT AQUEOUS COATING COMPOSITION FOR WOOD BASED SUBSTRATES AND ARTICLE MADE THEREFROM

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Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a two-component aqueous coating composition for wood based substrates and an article made therefrom. The aqueous coating composition includes (i) a primary agent, said primary agent including a) an aqueous polyurethane dispersion (PUD), b) an aqueous acrylic modified polyurethane (PUA), c) an aqueous liquid carrier, and d) additional additives; and ii) a curing agent composition, said curing agent composition including a hydrophilic modified aliphatic polyisocyanate, wherein a mass ratio of said primary agent to said curing agent composition is in the range of 100: 5 to 100: 20. The two-component aqueous coating composition of the present disclosure has a longer pot life, and a superior constructability and the coating formed therefrom has a particular excellent gloss stability.

Inventors

  • CHE, Yu
  • FAN, Guijun
  • LU, Zhenlin
  • HU, TINGYU

Assignees

  • Sherwin-Williams (Guangdong) New Material Co., Ltd.

Dates

Publication Date
20260506
Application Date
20240626

Claims (15)

  1. A two-component aqueous coating composition for wood-based substrates, comprising (i) a primary agent, said primary agent comprising a) an aqueous polyurethane dispersion (PUD) , b) an aqueous acrylic modified polyurethane (PUA) , c) an aqueous liquid carrier, and d) additional additives; ii) a curing agent composition, said curing agent composition comprising a hydrophilic modified aliphatic polyisocyanate, wherein a mass ratio of said primary agent to said curing agent composition is in the range of 100: 5 to 100: 20.
  2. The aqueous coating composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein said curing agent composition further comprises a hydrophilic modified alicyclic polyisocyanate and an oily aliphatic polyisocyanate.
  3. The aqueous coating composition as claimed in claim 2, wherein said curing agent composition comprises, relative to the total weight of said curing agent composition 15-25%by weight of the hydrophilic modified aliphatic polyisocyanate 25-35%by weight of the oily aliphatic polyisocyanate; and 45-55%by weight of the hydrophilic modified alicylic polyisocyanate.
  4. The aqueous coating composition as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein said hydrophilic modified aliphatic polyisocyanate is selected from hydrophilic modified hexane diisocyanate, hydrophilic modified trimethyl hexane diisocyanate and combinations thereof, preferably selected from hydrophilic modified hexane diisocyanate.
  5. The aqueous coating composition as claimed in any one of claims 2 to 3, wherein said oily aliphatic polyisocyanate comprises oily hexane diisocyanate, oily trimethyl hexane diisocyanate and combinations thereof, preferably selected from oily hexane diisocyanate.
  6. The aqueous coating composition as claimed in any one of claims 2 to 3, wherein said hydrophilic modified alicyclic polyisocyanate is selected from hydrophilic modified isophorone diisocyanate, hydrophilic modified dicyclohexylmethane diisocyanate, hydrophilic modified cyclohexane dimethyl diisocyanate and combinations thereof, preferably from hydrophilic modified isophorone diisocyanate.
  7. The aqueous coating composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein said aqueous polyurethane dispersion (PUD) comprises a carboxyl functional group, preferably having an acid value of 5 to 20 mg KOH/g according to ASTM D1639; and/or, said aqueous polyurethane dispersion (PUD) has a hydroxyl value of 0 to 45 mg KOH/g according to ASTM E222-65T.
  8. The aqueous coating composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein said aqueous acrylic modified polyurethane (PUA) comprises a carboxyl functional group, preferably having an acid value of 5 to 20 mg KOH/g according to ASTM D1639; and/or, said aqueous acrylic modified polyurethane (PUA) having a hydroxyl value of 0 to 50 mg KOH/g according to ASTM E222-65T.
  9. The aqueous coating composition as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein said aqueous coating composition is free of other hydroxyl-functionalized resins.
  10. The aqueous coating composition as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein said primary agent comprises, with respect to the total weight of said primary agent 15 to 65%by weight of an aqueous polyurethane dispersion (PUD) , preferably 20 to 55 %by weight of an aqueous polyurethane dispersion (PUD) 5 to 60%by weight of an aqueous acrylic-modified polyurethane (PUA) , preferably 15 to 55%by weight of an aqueous acrylic-modified polyurethane (PUA) 5 to 20 %by weight of an aqueous liquid carrier, preferably from 8 to 15%by weight of an aqueous liquid carrier; and 0 to 35%by weight of additional additives, preferably 0.5 to 30%by weight of additional additives.
  11. The aqueous coating composition as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein said aqueous liquid carrier comprises water, an organic solvent or a combination thereof.
  12. The aqueous coating composition as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein said organic solvent is present in an amount of no more than 5 wt%, preferably no more than 3.5 wt%, more preferably no more than 2.5 wt%, relative to the total weight of said primary agent.
  13. The aqueous coating composition as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 12, wherein said aqueous coating composition, has an improvement of constructability of about 5%, said constructability being measured by spray applying an aqueous paint at different conditions of temperature, humidity, in particular at high temperatures (temperature above 35℃) low humidity (humidity below 40%) conditions to form oversized workpieces, compared to a control coating composition formulated using a hydroxy-functionalized acrylate resin and the same curing agent composition, .
  14. The aqueous coating composition as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 12, wherein the aqueous coating composition formulated with a curing agent composition comprising a hydrophilic modified aliphatic polyisocyanate, an oily aliphatic polyisocyanate and a hydrophilic modified alicyclic polyisocyanate has, compared to the aqueous coating composition formulated with a curing agent composition comprising only a hydrophilic modified aliphatic polyisocyanate, at least one of the following properties: a 2-hour viscosity rise of no more than 17 units according to ASTM D1200; a pot life extension at 35℃ of 30%or greater; and a shorten solid drying time of 15%or greater for the same or similar surface drying time according to GB/T 1728-1989.
  15. An article comprising a wood substrate having at least one primary surface; and at least one painting film, said painting film being formed by the two-component aqueous coating composition as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 14, applied directly or indirectly to said primary surface.

Description

TWO-COMPONENT AQUEOUS COATING COMPOSITION FOR WOOD BASED SUBSTRATES AND ARTICLE MADE THEREFROM TECHNICAL FIELD The present disclosure relates to an aqueous coating composition for wood based substrates. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a high-performance two-component aqueous coating composition for wood based substrates, which is suitable for use as a sealer primer, transparent or colored primer, topcoat, solid color paint, and the like, and which is particularly suitable for being applied on the surface of a wooden substrate. BACKGROUND At present, environment and energy are the two major challenges that people are facing. In order to meet this challenge, the coating industry is gradually shifting from traditional varieties of high pollution, high energy consumption, and extremely dependency on petroleum industry products to environmentally friendly and resource-saving products such as aqueous coatings, radiation curable coatings, powder coatings and high-solid coatings. With the introduction of the Chinese Chemical Industry Standard of "Indoor Water-Based Wood Coatings" , the aqueous coating composition for wooden substrate have developed rapidly. Recently, the investment in the research and development of the aqueous wood paint is increasing substantially, and correspondingly, the requirements to the aqueous wood paint are also increasing. Current aqueous coating compositions on the market mainly include a one-component aqueous coating composition formed from a self-crosslinkable polyurethane dispersion as its main film-forming resin system, and a two-component polyurethane aqueous coating composition comprising a hydroxyl-functionalized resin and a polyisocyanate. However, the above two types of aqueous coating compositions have their own defects. For example, the one-component aqueous coating composition cannot meet the increasing requirements for paint film performance, and the two-component polyurethane aqueous coating composition is limited in its construction performance and cannot be widely promoted in practical applications. Therefore, there is a need in the coating art to an aqueous coating composition that are particularly suitable for wooden substrates. SUMMARY In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a two-component aqueous coating composition for wood-based substrates, comprising (i) a primary agent, said primary agent comprising a) an aqueous polyurethane dispersion (PUD) , b) an aqueous acrylic modified polyurethane (PUA) , c) an aqueous liquid carrier, and d) additional additives; and ii) a curing agent  composition, said curing agent composition comprising a hydrophilic-modified aliphatic polyisocyanate, wherein a mass ratio of said primary agent to said curing agent composition is in the range of 100: 5 to 100: 20. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, said curing agent composition further comprises, in addition to the hydrophilic-modified aliphatic polyisocyanate, a hydrophilic-modified alicyclic polyisocyanate and an oily aliphatic polyisocyanate. Preferably, said curing agent composition comprises, relative to the total weight of said curing agent composition, 15-25%by weight of the hydrophilic-modified aliphatic polyisocyanate, 25-35%by weight of the oily aliphatic polyisocyanate; and 45-55%by weight of the hydrophilic-modified alicylic polyisocyanate. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, said organic solvent is present in an amount of no more than 5 wt%, relative to the total weight of said primary agent. In one embodiment of the present disclosure, said aqueous coating composition, has an improvement of constructability of about 5%, said constructability being measured by spray applying an aqueous paint at different conditions of temperature, humidity, in particular at high temperatures (temperature above 35℃) low humidity (humidity below 40%) conditions to form oversized workpieces, compared with a control coating composition formulated using a hydroxy-functionalized acrylate resin and the same curing agent composition. In a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, the aqueous coating composition formulated with a curing agent composition comprising a hydrophilic-modified aliphatic polyisocyanate, an oily aliphatic polyisocyanate and a hydrophilic-modified alicyclic polyisocyanate has, compared with the aqueous coating composition formulated with a curing agent composition comprising only a hydrophilic-modified aliphatic polyisocyanate, at least one of the following properties: a 2-hour viscosity rise of no more than 17 units according to ASTM D1200; a pot life extension at 35℃ of 30%or greater; and a shorten solid drying time of 15%or greater for the same or similar surface drying time according to GB/T 1728-1989. In another aspect, the present disclosure provides an article comprising a wood substrate having at least one primary surface; and at least one painting film, said painting film being formed from the two-com